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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-08-21 (in 3mo)

Last made up 2025-08-07

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£1M

-85.9% vs 2023

Net assets

£326M

+11.9% vs 2023

Employees

740

+7.2% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£62M

-14% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

  1. WHYTE AND MACKAY GROUP LIMITED 2003-09-30 → present
  2. KYNDAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2001-10-04 → 2003-09-30
  3. ST. VINCENT STREET (347) LIMITED 2001-08-07 → 2001-10-04

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £370,496,000£349,155,000
Operating profit £86,494,000£79,994,000
Profit before tax £71,780,000£61,753,000
Net profit £57,121,000£46,955,000
Cash £9,314,000£1,313,000
Total assets less current liabilities £402,097,000£545,611,000
Net assets £291,150,000£325,684,000
Equity £291,150,000£325,684,000
Average employees 690740
Wages £37,517,000£36,644,000

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 23.3%22.9%
Net margin 15.4%13.4%
Return on capital employed 21.5%14.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 59.3%62.2%
Current ratio 1.52x1.72x
Interest cover 3.67x3.11x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
UK-adopted international accounting standards
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Grant Thornton UK LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“As disclosed in these accounts the Group has produced a profit for the financial year of £46,955,000 (2023: £57,121,000) and has net assets of £325,684,000 at 31 December 2024 (2023: £291,150,000). Based on the current trading projections and continued support through intercompany funding from Emperador Inc, the Directors consider that it is appropriate for the accounts to be prepared on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

  1. WHYTE AND MACKAY GROUP LIMITED · parent
    1. Whyte and Mackay Limited 100% · Scotland · Whisky production, marketing and distribution
    2. Whyte and Mackay Warehousing Limited 100% · Scotland · Warehousing and blending
    3. Whyte and Mackay Global Limited 100% · Scotland · Holding company
    4. St Vincent Street (446) Limited 100% · Scotland · Property Holding company
    5. Whyte and Mackay (Americas) Limited, LLC 100% · USA · Marketing services

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 32 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
CO, Winston Sy Director 2014-10-31 Jan 1958 Filipino
DOMECQ, Jorge Director 2014-10-31 Jul 1970 Spanish
SLOAN, Michael Robert William Director 2026-01-01 Sep 1978 British
TAN, Andrew Chong Buan Lim, Dr Director 2014-10-31 Aug 1949 Filipino
Show 32 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
HANLON, James Francis Secretary 2001-10-07 2010-03-05
LYCIDAS SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 2001-08-07 2001-10-07
BEARD, John Edward Director 2009-06-15 2013-07-30
BECKMAN, Ian Donald Director 2004-03-25 2005-01-31
CAPOOR, Ashok Director 2011-06-24 2014-10-09
CORTES, Juan Director 2014-10-31 2025-12-31
DEL MAESTRO, Elio Director 2002-11-20 2007-05-16
DONAGHEY, Bryan Harold Director 2013-09-16 2025-12-31
ESPEY, James Stuart Director 2007-05-16 2010-03-31
FRAGIS, Iacovos Director 2003-02-01 2007-05-16
GAZDIG, Grant John Paul Director 2001-10-15 2003-12-19
GILCHRIST, Iain Director 2001-10-07 2003-07-22
IMERMAN, Vivian Saul Director 2002-01-16 2007-05-16
KATZEFF, Gerald Saul Director 2005-03-23 2007-05-16
KHANNA, Sudhinder Krishan Director 2007-05-17 2014-10-28
LEVIN, Hymie Reuvin Director 2005-03-23 2007-05-16
MACEACHRAN, Ronald Bannatyne Director 2001-10-07 2003-07-14
MACKIE, Alan Crawford Director 2001-10-07 2003-07-08
MALLYA, Vijay, Dr Director 2007-05-16 2013-07-30
MCCROSKIE, Scott John Director 2003-07-23 2004-03-19
MEGSON, Brian John Director 2001-10-07 2003-04-03
MENON, Sreedhara Director 2007-05-16 2014-10-24
NEDUNGADI, Ayani Kurussi Ravindranath Director 2007-05-16 2013-07-30
PALMER, Ian Gordon Director 2001-10-07 2003-07-08
PATHAI, Murali Ananthasubramanian Director 2007-05-16 2014-10-31
REKHI, Vijay Kumar Director 2007-05-16 2014-10-17
RITVAY, Alexander Tibor Mihaly, Dr Director 2004-01-05 2005-01-31
SAUNDERS, Robin Elizabeth Director 2001-10-15 2003-12-19
SMALLEY, Timothy John Director 2005-03-23 2007-05-16
TCHENGUIZ, Robert Director 2001-10-15 2007-05-16
WAIBL, Karin Elisabeth Director 2004-01-05 2004-03-25
LYCIDAS NOMINEES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 2001-08-07 2001-10-07

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Emperador Uk Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 209 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-01-14 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-01-14 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-01-14 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-10-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-08-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-08-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-08-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-08-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2021-08-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2020-08-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-09-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2019-08-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2018-09-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2018-08-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2017-09-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
5

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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